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Round 13 roll call: Caboclo set Ulm club record

[Bell-Haynes dished Buducnost into playoffs](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/buducnost-voli-podgorica-london-lions/U2022/128/)

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica secured a playoff spot with a 78-68 home win over the London Lions, and point guard [Trae Bell-Haynes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/trae-bell-haynes/008411/) played a major role. Bell-Haynes scored 14 points and dished a career-high 10 assists. He was the first Buducnost player with double-digit assists in more than two years, and only fourth different Buducnost player in competition history with 10 or more assists. It was a big win for Buducnost to not only secure a spot in the playoffs, but also to stay in the hunt for home-court advantage.

Trae Bell-Haynes Posts 14 points & 10 assists vs. London Lions, 02/01/2023

Trae Bell-Haynes Posts 14 points 10 assists vs London Lions

[Jeremic gave Cedevita a long-range boost](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/cedevita-olimpija-ljubljana-umana-reyer-venice/U2022/121/)

One of the unsung heroes as Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana kept its playoff chances alive with a 77-73 win over Umana Reyer Venice was [Marko Jeremic.](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/marko-jeremic/010551/) The 31-year old guard played 28 minutes, and netted 4 triples on 7 attempts. He finished with 14 points, and was the player who kept Cedevita offense going in some of the crucial junctures in the game. 

Marko Jeremic went 4-of-7 on three-pointers as Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana beat Umana Reyer Venice 77-73. He also scored his only two-pointer of the game.

Marko Jeremic's 14 points vs. Reyer

[All-round D.J. Kennedy lifted Prometey to Group A lead](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/prometey-slobozhanske-joventut-badalona/U2022/125/)

Prometey Slobozhanske jumped atop of Group A with its sixth straight win, a 95-90 triumph over Joventut Badalona, and [D.J. Kennedy](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/dj-kennedy/005301/) was all over the place in this game. Kennedy tied his career-high with 23 points, making 5 of 8 two-pointers and 3 of 4 threes. But he also pulled down 7 rebounds, and served 5 assists in 32 minutes on the floor, doing plenty of everything to help his team register another win.

DJ Kennedy went 8-of-12 from the field, in addition to knocking down all 4 of his free throws, as Prometey Slobozhanske downed Joventut Badalona 95-90.

DJ Kennedy's best scoring plays vs. Joventut

[Caboclo set Ulm club record](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/ratiopharm-ulm-frutti-extra-bursaspor/U2022/124/)

In just his fourth game in the competition, [Bruno Caboclo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/bruno-caboclo/012096/) of ratiopharm Ulm is setting club records. He led Ulm to a 92-86 win over Frutti Extra Bursaspor with 33 points on 14-for-17 two-point shooting. Those 14 two-pointers made are a new club record and this season's best mark across the EuroCup. His 33 points match Ulm's EuroCup club record: Zoran Dragic previously scored that much against Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the 2019-20 season.

Bruno Caboclo made a club-record 14 two-pointers vs. Bursaspor

Bruno Caboclo made a club-record 14 two-pointers vs Bursaspor

[Childs stood out in losing effort ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/veolia-towers-hamburg-promitheas-patras/U2022/127/)

Veolia Hamburg Towers suffered a 103-105 home loss against Promitheas Patras despite [Yoeli Childs](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/yoeli-childs/012013/)'s best efforts. Childs posted his fifth double-double of the season, finishing the game with 26 points while making 9 of 13 two-point shots and 8 of 12 free throws and pulling down 10 rebounds. He added 3 assists, 2 steals and 6 fouls drawn for a PIR of 36, a new career-high and the highest mark in Round 13.

Yoeli Childs (26 points) Highlights vs. Promitheas Patras, 01/31/2023

Yoeli Childs highlights vs Promitheas Patras

[Balcerowski led Gran Canaria to scoring mark](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/gran-canaria-paris-basketball/U2022/129/)

In a run-and-gun showdown, Gran Canaria beat Paris Basketball 118-99. It is a new Gran Canaria club record for most points in a win, and center [Aleksander Balcerowski](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/aleksander-balcerowski/007553/) had to do a lot with it. Balcerowski needed less than 18 minutes to get 20 points, 5 rebounds, an assist, a steal, a block and 3 fouls drawn, hitting 5 of 6 two-pointers and 2 of 3 shots from beyond the arc for a PIR of 27, his new career high.

Aleksander Balcerowski (20 points) Highlights vs. Paris Basketball, 02/01/2023

Balcerowski leads in high-scoring night

ratiopharm Ulm v Frutti Extra Bursaspor (2023-02-01T18:30:00.000Z)

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana v Umana Reyer Venice (2023-02-01T19:00:00.000Z)

Gran Canaria v Paris Basketball (2023-02-01T20:00:00.000Z)

Buducnost VOLI Podgorica v London Lions (2023-02-01T18:00:00.000Z)

Veolia Towers Hamburg v Promitheas Patras (2023-01-31T18:30:00.000Z)

Prometey Slobozhanske v Joventut Badalona (2023-02-01T17:00:00.000Z)

Look back at all the action in the Regular Season Round 13 by checking out the best photos of the week!

Photos of the week, Round 13

[Chinanu Onuaku](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/chinanu-onuaku-/012076/) has picked up his first-ever MVP of the Round accolade after shining in Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv's 60-78 win at Dolomiti Energia Trento, which clinched the team's spot in the playoffs. The Hapoel center tallied 22 points, having made all 8 of his shots from two-point range and gone 6-of-8 from the free-throw line. Onuaku also recorded 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 6 fouls drawn. His PIR of 35 was the highest of all players on winning teams in Round 13 of the 7DAYS EuroCup. This marks the sixth time this season that a Hapoel player has been MVP of the Round.

[Yoeli Childs](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/yoeli-childs/012013/) of Veolia Towers Hamburg had this round's highest PIR, 36, but it came in a 103-105 home loss against Promitheas Patras. Childs posted 26 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, in addition to drawing 6 fouls. [Bruno Caboclo](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/bruno-caboclo/012096/) of ratiopharm Ulm had a PIR of 34. He scored 33 points after going 14-of-17 on two-pointers. Caboclo grabbed 8 rebounds, too. Rounding out the list of top performers in Round 13 are [Sam Dekker](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/sam-dekker/009672/) of the London Lions, [Aleksander Balcerowski](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/aleksander-balcerowski/007553/) of Gran Canaria and [Josh Adams](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/josh-adams/007872/) of Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana, each of whom had a performance index rating of 27.

### Individual highs: Alen Omic, Cedevita, 19 rebounds

Bruno Caboclo tied Ulm's club record with 33 points, which led all the scorers in Round 13. Joe Young, formerly of Promitheas, remains this season's top scorer with 23.4 points per game. Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana center [Alen Omic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/alen-omic/004222/) pulled down 19 rebounds, the most in this round. [Alpha Kaba](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/alpha-kaba/007855/) of Buducnost VOLI Podgorica leads the EuroCup with 1.5 rebounds per game. Ulm playmaker [Yago Dos Santos](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/yago-dos-santos/012044/) dished 11 assists, more than anyone else in Round 13. [J'Covan Brown](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/j-covan-brown/011991/) leads the way for assists this season, averaging 7.0 assists per contest. [Derek Needham](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/derek-needham/008945/) of Frutti Extra Bursaspor recorded a round-high 4 steals on Wednesday night. [Jeremiah Martin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/jeremiah-martin/011899/) of Slask Wroclaw tops the charts for steals, averaging 2.8 per game. [Ondrej Balvin](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/ondrej-balvin/002644/) of Prometey Slobozhanske had 3 blocks to lead all players this week. [Ismael Kamagate](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/ismael-kamagate/011926/) of Paris Basketball is the EuroCup's top shot blocker this season, having averaged 1.7 blocks per night. There were four players who had a double-double in Round 13: Childs of Hamburg with 26 points and 10 rebounds; [Mitchell Watt](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/mitchell-watt/006332/) of Umana Reyer Venice with 12 points and 10 rebounds; [Henry Ellenson](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/henry-ellenson/011841/) of Joventut Badalona with 14 points and 10 rebounds; and Buducnost guard [Trae Bell-Haynes](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/trae-bell-haynes/008411/) with 14 points and 10 assists.

Round 13 MVP: Chinanu Onuaku, Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv

Dolomiti Energia Trento v Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv (2023-02-01T19:00:00.000Z)

Congratulations to Sergei Palto, who is the [EuroCup Fantasy Challenge](https://eurocupfantasy.euroleaguebasketball.net/es/home) winner for Round 13! His team Palto3000 posted a score of 241.7.

The team featured the following lineup: team captain Chinanu Onuaku of Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv, Anthony Polite of Veolia Hamburg Towers, Arnoldas Kulboka of Promitheas Patras, Andres Feliz of Joventut Badalona and Bruno Caboclo of ratiopharm Ulm as starters; Emanuel Cate of U-BT Cluj-Napoja as the sixth man; Kristian Kullamae of 7Bet-Lietkabelis Panevezys, Omer Utku Al of Frutti Extra Bursaspor, Jerian Grant of Turk Telekom Ankara and Joel Parra of Joventut as bench players; and Can Erdem of Telekom as head coach. The prize for finishing first in Round 13 is a free subscription to Euroleague TV for the 2023-24 season!

Aleksandar Slabakoski is the new leader atop the overall standings. His team Dr Fantasy is ahead of everyone else with 2,295.55 fantasy points.

Trades are now open for Round 14. Remember, three trades are allowed before each round until the end of the regular season, and you can also trade your head coach.

The first game in Round 14, Dolomiti Energia Trento vs. Turk Telekom, is scheduled to tip off on Tuesday, February 7 at 20:00 CET, and thus marks the next round's deadline.

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EuroCup Fantasy Challenge: Round 13 winner!

Gran Canaria enjoyed its highest point tally of the EuroCup season in a 118-99 home win over Paris Basketball and in what was a vintage performance worthy of the Group B leader. It was lights out for the visitors in the opening two quarters as the home side romped into a 68-49 lead on the back of nailing 10 three-pointers from 20 attempts in the first half, 5 of them coming from David Mutaf who lit up the crowd with four successive shots from downtown that hit the bottom of the net.

Gran Canaria finished on 13-of-25 shooting from three-point range and dished out a staggering total of 31 team assists, which highlighted selfless teamwork. Paris had less than half as many assists (15).

The visiting team’s head coach, Will Weaver, acknowledged his men lost to a superior rival but stressed he would look forward to another clash in the knockout stages if these two sides were pitted against each other.

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"They’re an exceptionally good team, one of the best in Europe," Weaver told the post-game press conference. "Very well coached, they are deep and they shot the ball extremely well tonight. My only disappointment is that we didn’t have a healthy enough team to compete with these guys in either game we played. In the first game we were missing three players and tonight we were missing five. Maybe there will be an opportunity for these two teams to meet again and if there is, I’ll look forward to it."

Paris sank 11 three-point shots from 29 attempts and performed reasonably well in most other departments too, shooting 24 of 44 from inside the arc (Gran Canaria was 27 of 43), with the two teams tied on 35 rebounds each. But the visitors also committed 15 turnovers to Gran Canaria’s 11 and the hosts ruthlessly punished the losses of possession, having nailed a barrage of long-range shots from a quick transition of the ball.

The home team’s head coach Jaka Lakovic was humble in victory: "We are happy with the win. We respect \[Paris\] and we entered the game very strongly and with a great mentality. This translated into having a good game. Paris is a good team, they missed three very important players and their presence would have made the game different," he said.

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Gran Canaria had too much firepower for Paris

Buducnost sailed into the EuroCup Playoffs with five games to spare after a 78-68 home win over the London Lions elevated the Montenegrin side to an 8-5 record, largely thanks to its primary weapon.

The home team, which leads the competition in offensive rebounds, grabbed 17 boards in London’s paint and also had 23 at the other end to prevail over the visitors, who also committed 15 turnovers.

Buducnost was 0-of-6 for three-point range in the first half but improved vastly after the break and finished on 5-of-15, while the visitors hit 5-of-21 shots from downtown.

London paid the price for an awful start, missing its opening 13 shots from the floor and having lost the first quarter 13-7, which was the team's lowest tally ever in the competition in a single quarter.

The visiting team’s outstanding forward Sam Dekker stood out with 27 points and 8 rebounds, while Ovie Soko added 11 points. However, Buducnost was able to benefit from a more balanced workload as Erick Green netted 16 points, Trae-Bell Haynes chipped in with 14 and Cameron Reynolds added 11.

In addition, Alpha Kaba racked up 9 points and 11 rebounds while Edin Atic had 8 boards, highlighting the home team’s more resourceful roster which had too much for the battling Lions.

Offensive boards lifted Buducnost to victory over London 

Prometey Slobozhanske has been one of the best teams in the 7DAYS EuroCup this season. But one area the debutant had struggled is from long range. That changed as the Ukrainian side flashed some deadly aim in grabbing a crucial 95-90 win over Joventut Badalona.

Prometey knocked down 13 of 34 three-pointers (38.2%), which was a massive improvement over the 29.9% the league’s second-highest scoring offense (86.3 ppg.) had shot coming into the game. That ranked 19th in the competition.

DJ Kennedy, DJ Stephens and Issuf Sanon all knocked down 3 three-pointers and seven Prometey players hit from the outside.

Prometey did show just how streaky it can be. After making 4 of 5 to start the game, the team made just one of its next 16 three-point attempts until draining 4 straight triples in the third quarter. And Stephens, Sanon and Gian Clavell all connected in the final 6 minutes as Prometey made 3 of 4 triple attempts down the stretch.

Prometey flashed three-point accuracy in big win

Despite allowing a 12-4 run early in the game and trailing 40-37 at halftime, Hapoel Vegan Friendly Tel Aviv was able to react in the second half and outscored its opponent 20-41 to cruise to a 60-78 win that secured its place in the 7DAYS EuroCup Playoffs. 

"Mentally I think we struggled a little bit in the first half," Hapoel head coach Danny Franco recognized in the press conference. "But we picked it up defensively in the second. That effort on defense helped us win in a game that we didn’t play our way on offense."

Trento averaged 71.4 points per game, the fewest of all teams this season, before this game, but had scored 40 in the first 20 minutes, something Hapoel needed to stop. And it did, as the visitors limited their opponent to 7-of-32 field goal shooting (21.8%), which also shifted the momentum on offense. 

After being held scoreless from outside the arc in the first half, the visitors managed to score their first triple right after the break through Xavier Munford and went 4-of-10 on three-pointers and 9-of-11 on twos in the last 20 minutes. 

"We actually played defense \[in the second half\]," Hapoel center Chinanu Onuaku stressed after the win. "We got stops, and it helped us getting in offense, getting easy buckets and more flow on offense."

Hapoel mutated on both ends in the second half to suffocate Trento

ratiopharm Ulm won a hard-fought battle over Frutti Extra Bursaspor 92-86 thanks to some record and some near-record performances by its players.

Playing in only his fourth game in the competition, center Bruno Caboclo tied a club record with 33 points and set a new one with 14 two-point shots made, doing it on 17 attempts. Those 14 two-pointers are the most scored in a single game in the 7DAYS EuroCup since Sharrod Ford set a competition record with 16 two-pointers made eight years ago, on February 11, 2015. Caboclo and Ford are the only two players with 14 or more two-pointers made in a single game in more than 10 years.

While Caboclo set club records, two other players flirted with rewriting club record books. Brandon Paul nailed 6 triples on 9 attempts, coming one three-pointer made shy of Ulm's record of 7 threes, set by Edgar Sosa in the 2013-14 season.

Meanwhile, rookie point guard Yago Dos Santos dished a personal best 11 assists, also one shy of Sosa's record of 12, set in the 2013-14 campaign.

Ulm trio put up big numbers in a huge win

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana grabbed a much-needed 77-73 win over visiting Umana Reyer Venice on Wednesday night at Arena Stozice. In a back-and-forth affair, Cedevita managed to hang in the game and then edge in front late in the fourth quarter. 

Alen Omic shined with 19 rebounds, but it was the rebounding effort of the entire team in the fourth quarter that made the difference.

Reyer held a rebounding advantage throughout the game, and at the end of the third quarter, Cedevita had 26 rebounds to his tally, while Reyer had 31. However, in the final quarter, Cedevita outrebounded the visitors 14-9.

The hosts sank 10 triples in the game, but none in the fourth quarter. However, winning the battle on the glass and the ability to get to the free-throw line allowed Cedevita to come away with a victory.

Omic, Cedevita finished strong on the boards

Group B pace-setter Gran Canaria improved its record to 11-2 and sent an ominous warning to its rivals in the EuroCup knockout stages about just how offensively potent the side is after six players finished in double figures in a 118-99 home rout of Paris Basketball.

David Mutaf paced the hosts with 22 points, Aleksander Balcerowski poured in 20, while Andrew Albicy and John Shurna netted 12 each and Damien Inglis and Khalifa Diop scored 10 points apiece, underlining a smooth team effort that also produced 31 assists. Aamir Simms led Paris with 22 points, Tyrone Wallace sank 19, new signing Michael Roll chipped in with 17 and Amar Gegic added 14 for the visitors, who dropped to 8-5.

It was a battle of two teams who had already booked playoff spots and Gran Canaria came out with all guns blazing, romping to a 23-9 lead before closing out the first quarter with a 36-26 advantage, equalling the highest points tally in a single quarter in the club’s history.

At that stage, Albicy led the home team with 9 points while Simms had 12 at the other end before the second quarter produced a festival of three-pointers for the home team with forward David Mutaf taking center stage. The 20-year-old nailed four long-range shots in a row as Gran Canaria’s precarious 53-43 advantage midway through the second period soared to 65-45, with Mutaf finishing the first half on 18 points, shooting 5 of 7 from beyond the arc.

Gran Canaria also broke the club’s points record in a single half as it led 68-49 and the third quarter served up more one-way traffic as the home side romped ahead 92-63 with 2 minutes left in the period, having displayed a vast array of offensive firepower.

Gran Canaria took its foot off the gas pedal in the final quarter and Paris took advantage to add some respectability to the scoreboard, but the night belonged to the hosts who marched on in their quest to clinch the group’s top spot.

Trigger-happy Gran Canaria overwhelms Paris 118-99

Energized Cedevita adding to Group A drama

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana showed up in a must-win showing and stayed alive in the Group A playoff race with a [77-73](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/game-center/2022-23/cedevita-olimpija-ljubljana-umana-reyer-venice/U2022/121/) win over Umana Reyer Venice on Wednesday night. It was a close win, and Cedevita did not win the tiebreaker against Reyer, but it did snap its three-game losing streak and kept its chances of making a late playoff push.

"Just \[wanted\] to show our fans, ourselves and the broader world we are a serious team, and the past performances don't define who we are", said Cedevita guard [Josh Adams](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/josh-adams/007872/) who had 16 points and 4 assists in a win.

Even though it is sitting in last place with a 3-10 record, Cedevita is a dangerous team, especially offensively, and features veterans who, in addition to Adams, all stepped up on Wednesday night.

Playmaker [Yogi Ferrell](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/yogi-ferrell/011281/), who leads all active players in scoring this season (19.8 ppg.), scored 20 points and dished 7 assists against Reyer. Center [Alen Omic](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/alen-omic/004222/), the EuroCup's all-time rebounding leader, pulled down 19 rebounds on Wednesday. Team captain [Edo Muric](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/players/edo-muric/003515/) had 13 points and 7 rebounds in the victory.

Offense has never really been a problem for Cedevita this season -it is one of seven teams scoring more than 85 points (85.2 ppg.)- but Cedevita allows 89.8 points per game, more points than any other team in the competition.

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana - Umana Reyer Venice | Round 13 Highlights | 2022-23 7DAYS EuroCup

On Wednesday night, however, Cedevita made the stops, and managed to hold the opposing team under 75 points for the first time in the entire season.

"I think we really locked in on defensive principles for the first time. Everyone had great energy and did the little things that help you win the game", Adams added.

The road to the playoffs might look tough for Cedevita, but with this win the team still holds everything in its own hands. If it keeps winning, it will go through, which would make Cedevita one of the most dangerous playoff teams, one that no one would want to face.

It might sound familiar, and that's because last season Cedevita won its last eight regular season games before bowing out in a quarterfinal drama against Frutti Extra Bursaspor.

So, Cedevita staying alive and kicking just made the tightest of races even more tight. In Group A, below group leader Prometey (9-4), there are seven teams within two wins, and the bottom two – U-BT Cluj-Napoca (4-9) and now Cedevita, both with realistic chances of making a late push.

And it means we are set for more EuroCup drama as the regular season goes into its final stretch.

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